Challenges and Questions Concerning “Culturally-Sensitive Design”

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Abstract

Since the inception of the field of anthropology, scholars have debated the definition for the word "culture." Lonner and Adamapoulos (1997) note that "there are 200 or more definitions of 'culture' in the literature of the social sciences, not one of which has been embraced by a substantial number of social scientists" (p. 76). Strauss and Quinn (1997) provide an overview of four schools of thought regarding the interpretations of "culture":

"Geertzian interpretivists have stressed the publicness of meaning, cognition, and culture. Foucauldian postmodernists have argued for the constructedness of culture and of the self. Some contemporary historical materialists highlight the importance of resistance to cultural meanings. Finally, many of our colleagues in cognitive and linguistic anthropology focus on the way thought and meaning are situated " (emphases theirs, p. 12).

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)19-21
Number of pages3
JournalTechTrends
Volume52
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2008

EGS Disciplines

  • Instructional Media Design

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